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About this Training Course One of the main challenges for today's managers is effectively leading and successfully communicating vision that inspires employees to perform. Good leadership engages people and employees who feel both engaged and enabled contribute to higher levels of growth and productivity. They will remain longer with the organisation, perform better and ultimately deliver better service to your customers. This popular 3 full-day course will equip you with key skills that you can utilise to maximise your staff's performance in line with the company's objectives. This interactive course will also empower you with strategic approaches to overcome the people challenges that you may encounter while enabling you to optimise your business strategies successfully. An ILM Recognised programme. Training Objectives What are the benefits that you will gain from attending this course? * Enhance your personal effectiveness and decision-making * Learn how to boost your influencing capability * Inspire enthusiasm, motivation and commitment * Communicate effectively across a multi-cultural team * Nurture your relationships and strengthen your team * Develop an empowering partnership team culture Target Audience Who should attend this course? Anyone involved in leading a business unit or a project team can attend. It covers relationships with host governments, contractors, suppliers and local communities which constitute critical alliances for the development of a project. This course is essential for team leaders, supervisors or managers from the following functions: Project management engineers from various technical disciplines Ad-hoc or special project team leaders in legal, technical & financial disciplines Country managers or business development officers of contractors JV management executives or officers Government officials or industry liaison officers Procurement or contracts executives or officers   Trainer Your course leader is the author of Spirit IntelligenceTM and specialises in executive leadership facilitation and management development. He gained a first class honours degree in chemical engineering from Edinburgh University in Scotland and has undertaken postgraduate studies in psychology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Your course leader's corporate career spanned 14 years in Oil and Gas with BP, Amoco and AGL. Since 1993, he has worked across five continents with more than 170 clients including Rothschild, QBE, AT&T, Intel, Towers Perrin, Thomas Cook, Fujitsu, Nortel, Frank Russell, Electrolux, Arab Bank, Cable and Wireless, GSK, Merck, Sharpe and Dome, World Vision, Ericsson, IBM, Placer Dome Gold, Jim Beam, Ernst & Young and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He focuses on what he calls tapping The Hidden Advantage to unleash the power of the whole person - the power of the body and mind, the passion of the emotions and the enthusiasm, motivation, commitment, initiative, creativity, resilience and persistence of the spirit in business. He is very experienced internationally in both skills enhancement and the strategic facilitation of tough and intractable client challenges. His approach is pragmatic. He provides his clients with a powerful range of practical tools and approaches to enable management to tap The Hidden Advantage latent in their staff and achieve optimum performance and results. A powerful and compelling speaker, he combines humour, energy and passion. He draws on a wealth of personal experience and thorough research. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

With James Larkin Boost Your Career & Confidence On Camera Do you find auditions terrifying? Are you not getting the bookings from your self tapes? Do you wonder why, when you make it onto set, what you thought was your best performance doesn’t make the cut? This exciting new course with Director and actor James Larkin will give both emerging talent and established actors an insight into what works on screen, both small and big. Having worked with Dame Judi Dench, Mark Rylance, Emma Thompson, Sam Mendes and Sir Michael Gambon, James is giving you a unique opportunity to develop your craft and shoot two fresh cinematic scenes for your showreel. Meet Your Tutor James Larkin Director As a Director and Actor James has sat through hundreds of hours of live auditions, self tapes, and worked on many film sets in front of and behind the camera. Everything from big budget movies, to low budget independent films, TV Films, short films, TV soap opera, Serial TV, music ads and commercials and Theatre. James has develop a unique method which addresses this missing link in performance, and has been honing it over the last 30 years and taught it at leading London drama schools – RADA, Guildhall, LAMDA. Course Outline Bring depth, humanity and watchability into your performance, making it far less likely you’ll be overlooked by the Execs employing you, or end up on the cutting room floor. It will give you a comfortable sense of relaxation on set when performing – a knowing that ‘you’ve got this’: an inbuilt confidence and ease, allowing you to step out of your own anxious performance thinking, and bask in a boundless pool of free flowing creativity. This course will enable you to create a performance that is free, hugely watchable, intriguing and undeniably human. Additional Information Features Intensive course Shoot footage for your acting showreel ( 2 scenes) Small Class Size Attracts a varied age range from 17 yrs + Led by Award-Winning Industry Professionals Learning Outcomes Increase your chances of getting work Improved knowledge and confidence in front of camera Learn rehearsal techniques and processes Develop natural immersive acting skills Experience with a professional crew and Director Course Location Actors Studio Pinewood Studios Pinewood Road Iver Heath Buckinghamshire SL0 0NH

This advanced certification drills deep into the latest thinking to develop true digital marketing expertise. Course Overview This advanced certification drills deep into the latest thinking to develop true digital marketing expertise. Learn about Digital Strategy, CX, Search Marketing, Social Media, Leadership and more. Get world class, knowledge and insight: DMI EXPERT is our postgraduate level 140-hour course with an advanced, professional certification. It delivers breadth and depth of understanding of digital marketing and provides the learner with the digital and research skills to work at a management or strategic level. This certification is credit rated at level 11 on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework and awarded 120 credit points by the SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority), which is comparable to a postgraduate diploma awarded by a UK university. Program learning outcomes and content: What Will I Learn? We give you the thinking and tools to become a leading player on the digital stage. Create powerful and dynamic digital strategy, and access modern, career-defining training covering all key digital marketing disciplines. Course Content: Social Media Marketing: Learn how to create engaging content on social media and how to plan, execute, optimize and report on social media marketing campaigns across the key social platforms. • Social Research • Social Content • Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest • Twitter • LinkedIn • YouTube & Social Video • Social Apps • Social Commerce & Affiliate Marketing • Social Customer Service • Social Strategy Strategy and Planning: Gain all the key skills and practices associated with planning a successful digital strategy. Everything from digital channels, marketing automation, budgeting, analytics and digital leadership. • Digital Communications v Traditional Communications • Marketing automation and CRM • Budget and Resourcing • Big Data & Analytics • Strategy Formulation and Plan • Digital Communications & Channels • Omnichannel tactics CX, eCommerce and CRO: Learn the key concepts underpinning website optimization, conversion rate optimization and effective e-commerce for every business requirement. Build highly effective user experiences for your customers. • Website Optimization • UX Research & Design • E-Commerce Strategy • Applied E-Commerce • Graphic Design Essentials for Marketers Search and Digital Channels: Plan, implement, refine and report on search marketing campaigns. Drive traffic across all digital channels. Taught directly by Neil Patel and DMI’s experts, you’ll gain knowledge from people who actually use these tactics in the field. • SEO Setup & Content • SEO Workshop • Paid Search & Display Advertising • Measurement with Google Analytics • Email Marketing Strategy • Applied Email Marketing • SEO for ecommerce Digital Selling: Recognize the value of social selling and incorporate digital techniques to better engage with customers and prospects to drive increased conversion rates. • Fundamentals of Social Selling • Finding & Targeting Prospects • Attracting Customers • Closing & Retaining • Increasing Engagement Essential Skills: Gain all the essential skills all marketers, professionals and business leaders need to work effectively, productively and professionally in a collaborative business environment. • Project Planning • Creativity Skills • Personal Skills • Working With Others Leadership and Management: Develop practical skills and techniques that you can use to think strategically, build effective teams, deal with conflict and crisis and persuade and influence others. • Thinking Strategically • Building Effective Teams • Dealing with Conflicts and Crises • Persuading and Influencing DURATION 52 Weeks WHATS INCLUDED Course Material Case Study Experienced Lecturer Refreshments Certificate

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Is your lifestyle too sedentary? Do you feel sluggish by the end of the day? Wrecked by the end of the week? You need to vary your regime at work. You need to work with, rather than against, your physicality in order to boost your energy levels in a sustainable way - without recourse to coffee, sugar or other stimulants. Take away: Four quick and easy ways to make you feel good and re-energised. You will have the opportunity to: Explore how even just small amounts of physical activity can impact your mental and general health and wellbeing, creativity and productivity. Learn what to do about a sedentary lifestyle Get some tips on what to do about your posture Deskercise - try out some easy stretches and exercises you can do at your desk

This one-day programme explores the role of intellectual property (IP) in relation to innovation and creativity. It examines the different forms as well as the key processes, together with some of the oddities and idiosyncrasies of the legal regime that protects IP. It delves into the various IP models you should be aware of as well as key IP facts and figures and current IP trends across the global economy. This session is designed to give you a deeper understanding of: The main forms of intellectual property The importance of IP - both to your organisation and to the wider economy The key processes in the creation, commercial exploitation, and legal protection of IP The different models for the use of IP Some more advanced concepts for reviewing, valuing and managing IP 1 Main forms of intellectual property (IP) Patents Trademarks Copyright Design Trade secrets 2 Global IP business context Global IP facts and figures Figures for key jurisdictions Analysis of a company using IP data IP trends Overview of the key entities in the IP sector 3 Key IP processes IP creation IP portfolio management IP enforcement IP exploitation IP risk management 4 IP models IP models explained IP licensing IP litigation 5 IP concepts The IP maturity ladder Relative IP value and risk Axis of control 6 IP as an asset class Costs Valuation Financial perspective

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Develop true expertise with our DMI Specialist, Learn social strategy, research and content from industry Skills Experts. Get the latest platform knowledge and strategies including Tik-Tok, Twitch and WeChat. Course Overview Develop true expertise and learn every aspect of Social Media Marketing across 10 modules of interactive content such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram. Gain relevant and deep knowledge of social strategy, research and content from industry skills experts. Become a certified social media marketing specialist: Join over 200,000 members around the world, working for some of the world’s top companies using DMI to keep their careers and skills relevant. 81% of our members have been promoted upon completion of one of our courses and 53% have got a salary increase. Get certified with the DMI SPECIALIST digital marketing certification and become a professional digital marketer. Get world class, specialist knowledge and insight: Develop true expertise with our DMI Specialist, Learn social strategy, research and content from industry Skills Experts. Get the latest platform knowledge and strategies including Tik-Tok, Twitch and WeChat. With 10 modules focused on every aspect of social media marketing, DMI Specialist is the most comprehensive Social Media Course available anywhere. Program learning outcomes and content: What Will I Learn? Get the know-how, experience and the insights to be able to work and speak with authority in this face-paced industry. In short, you’ll be a skilled digital marketer, capable of building digital marketing strategies from scratch. We’ve added 8 new soft skill lessons to give you the most industry ready certification available, anywhere. Who is this for? The DMI Specialist Social is for individuals who are responsible for social media marketing campaigns. This includes: • Digital marketing generalists • Marketing Specialists • Marketing Managers • Content creators • Social media consultants • Individuals pursuing profession in social media marketing. • Anyone who wants a career change Course Content: Social Research: Just who are your audience? What do they do, think, feel, eat, love, hate and ‘like’? And what do they think about you? Knowledge is power. And both knowledge and power are fascinating. This module gives you the research techniques to know your audience, and cultural and industry trends. Every day the very people you want to reach throw up gigantic amounts of data. Without the right tools and thinking, it’s a critical mass of meaningless banality. With the right tools and thinking, you have insight deep into hearts and souls. Delve into these tools and put them to use, including the new Google Analytics 4 platform. Social Content: Facebook kittens. Twitter debates. Instagram filters. People can’t get enough content on social media – so better content means better opportunities. So, what does your audience want to see, like and share? With streamlined planning, clever strategy and targeted scheduling, putting the right content in front of the right people is no longer a shot in the dark! Now, you can create amazing content formats that capture the attention of audiences across all social platforms. You can strategize and plan using cutting-edge tools that make your channels stand out from all the others. This module covers the various content formats across platforms, the power and practice of scheduling content and how you can bring it all together with super strategies. Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest: Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest are powerhouses of the social media world. They provide you and your brand with the chance to interact with your customers across the globe at scale. But, each of them has unique features, analytics, and quirks. The module gives you a deep understanding of how these platforms work, how to make your brand stand out in these different spaces, and why you need a spread of messaging across each to succeed. • Build an active, engaged and captive community across each channel. • Create compelling and clever ads that target your audience at the right time. • Use analytics to understand what your audience is doing. Then tweak your content to resonate in all the right ways. • Master the key features of each channel to advertise, strategize and optimize. • Manage each platform so you get the best reach and results. • Reach billions of social loving people every day! Twitter: Twitter marches to its own drum in the social media world – less post and wait, more what’s happening right now. It’s a platform that allows your audience to see, report and comment on world events in almost real-time. It’s also a place where the audience is young, wealthy and educated. Twitter literally challenges you to be ‘more clever’, and this module shows you how. • What a successful Twitter account looks and acts like. • How to use Twitter Ads Manager to advertise effectively. • The right Twitter Ad format for your campaign. • Using Twitter Analytics to react and connect better. • How to create more Tweet-friendly content – snappy, shareable and short. • When to post for maximum impact and engagement. LinkedIn: This module will introduce you to the platform and show you how to use features such as Company pages and Showcase pages, to create a stellar presence for your company – and gain a deep understanding of what that means on LinkedIn. You will understand the unique advertising features and content formats on offer such as Text ads, Sponsored ads, Sponsored InMails, Display ads, and the aptly named Dynamic ads. See what best practice means on this platform, strategize like a CEO and measure the effectiveness of your campaigns. Linkedin can be a tricky platform to master as the tone is hard to crack. But do Linkedin well and your competitors will be scrambling to copy you! You’ve got this – because we do. YouTube & Social Video: YouTube because you have eyes to see. And a picture speaks a thousand words – and this being social, should inspire a few thousand too. Social video is one of the most awesome tools in your new bag of digital tricks. And video is no longer the preserve of guys with film study degrees. This superpower is now yours, and here we give you all the tech and thought basics to make it happen, including how to set up and manage a YouTube channel and create strategies that don’t treat creativity like a buzzword. Learn how video sits within the rest of your mix across platforms, build your online audience and use advertising and analytics for visual campaigns that mesmerise. • Set up and manage a dynamic YouTube channel. • Get creative with social video strategies that engage and convert. • Learn how video sits within the rest of your social media mix. • Build and develop your online audience in a way that benefits your brand. • Use advertising and analytics to deliver mesmerizing visual. Social Apps: If you’re looking to create a buzz online, then social apps are the place to be. Think fun, engaging, and ‘out of the box’ as that’s what these platforms are made for and audiences flock to them (particularly a young demographic). Discover how to use TikTok, Snapchat, WeChat, WhatsApp, and Twitch to tune into your audience effectively. Take a dive into features and understand how to manage content to make the most of everything you post. You’ll also understand how to advertise on the apps that suit your brand. Plus, take inspiration from the best by seeing what campaigns worked and why, so you can TikTok your way to social success. Social Commerce and Affiliate Marketing: With so many eyes on social media, it pays (literally) to know how to market and sell your products online. Social commerce happens when an astute marketer combines the best of social media with the best of e-commerce. You’ll explore the ins and outs of social commerce along with how to create a successful online shop. The latest tactics and tools will be covered so you can make social buying seamless from the first click to the last. You’ll also explore how to optimize paid commerce activity – including cart abandonment – to get the best results. Looking for a way to earn extra money while you grow? Use your social media to tap into affiliate marketing – a great way to earn commission by promoting another company’s products or brand you admire. When it comes to influencing, social media allows you to think BIG. Tap into the world of social influencers by connecting and collaborating with people that think like you. Or reach out to your influencer crush and shine a light on your brand by getting into their social feed. Social Customer Service: One of the best dynamics of social media is how it manages to be collective – the thoughts of billions – yet also personal (it’s about what I ‘like’). This leaves scope for important personal interaction – meaning social customer service is an opportunity for your brand to stand out. This module examines the customer experience. It looks at how to break your audience down into buyer personas so you know them better – and so serve them better. It shows you which platforms do service best and how. Need a social customer service strategy? – no problem. Want to understand how to manage social customer service effectively? – that’s easy. Not sure how to measure and analyze customer service performance? – well, you will now! This module focuses on your customer’s happiness so you can build a contented online community. An audience that feels connected to your brand, so they’ll tell everyone else how great it really is. Social Strategy: So, you have the skills, tools, followers, know-how, tech, smarts and big ideas. Now learn to tie it all together with cutting-edge social strategies practiced by the world’s leading brands. And work out how your social offering sits with – or carries – the rest of your marketing mix. Here we look at planning a dynamic social media strategy that works for you. We dive into setting objectives and social KPIs so you know what you want and can track how you’re getting there. Social media and content production budgets are also explored so you put your money in the places that work, rather than those that don’t. Turn your social media dream into a reality by crafting a social strategy that lets you and your brand sparkle. DURATION 8-10 Weeks WHATS INCLUDED Course Material Case Study Experienced Lecturer Refreshments Certificate

Project management can seem scary and rather intimidating. The whole aim of this programme is to give people a simple and straightforward way of dealing with projects without having to use complex and confusing systems. This two-day course is designed to introduce the apparently complex world of project management in a simple and practical manner. The programme is for anybody who has to run a project of any nature. It has been attended by people from as diverse fields as events management, fashion, charities, oil companies and so on. The programme is run without using any IT project management systems although an introduction can be given if required. At the end of the programme participants will leave understanding: What a project is and why projects are so important today The roles of a project manager Some key language and concepts A simple 5-step model for organising projects How to make sure you understand what your 'client' really wants A set of three simple tools to plan the project How to make decisions What to monitor when the project is running How to close the project 1 Introduction What is the aim of this programme? 2 Background thinking What is a project? The project manager's eternal triangle (cost-quality-time) What are the characteristics of successful projects? Who are the key characters in a project? What are the roles of a project manager? 3 The project process Why have one? 4 Project initiation What is the aim? Identifying key information Key skill: mission analysis Initial risk analysis Document and sign-off 5 Decision-making - 'Stop, Think, Act!' The 'Stop, Think, Act!' technique Recognise the opportunity to make a decision The 3 Cs - making sure we understand the decisions we have to make Identifying options Making your decision Taking it to action 6 Creativity 7 The planning stage Identify all discrete tasks Sequence and dependencies Time line - critical path Resources Project base-line 8 Execution stage - delivering the result Monitor Evaluate Adapt Control Review 9 The project close Review Documentation Have we delivered? What have we learned?

The main aim of this workshop is to encourage and enable delegates to present their sales messages stylishly and persuasively to expert buying audiences and improve their conversion rates. The focus is placed firmly on performance and creativity in top level presenting. It is aimed at experienced sales professionals who are expert at selling but need to be able to present and pitch for business at high skill levels in order to land major accounts. Delegate numbers will be restricted to 4 people. Delegates should be willing and be prepared to give video-recorded presentations as part of the course. Course Syllabus The syllabus of the Sales Presenting course is comprised of two modules, covering the following: Module One Components of Top Presenting Preparation and performance in presenting Being stylish and compelling Differentiation, risk-taking and presenting Connecting with your audience Achieving impact and drama Creating a buying emotion Getting out of a comfort zone First delegate presentations Module Two Pitching in Teams Getting your act together - the plan Looking and sounding like a team The buyer's perspective Getting your moves right - choreography Dealing successfully with questions Rehearsing to succeed Second delegate presentations Dragon's Den Exercise The delegation is split into two groups, each with a specific product or service to win the Dragons' investment. They have to also present to the Dragon's Den their business case for feedback and negotiate with the Dragons to gain either an "I'm in" or an "I'm out" reply. A full debrief is then conducted covering: Planning Commercial consequences Putting forward a business case Critical thinking Negotiating Selling skills Presentation skills Profile building Scheduled Courses This course is not one that is currently scheduled as an open course, and is only available on an in-house basis. For more information please contact us.